Feb. 9, 2009

Football: Carmen Julius, YSU's First Football Captain, Passes Away

    Youngstown – Carmen Julius, the first team captain in Youngstown College football history, passed away on Friday. He was 94 years old.

    Julius, who played on the first two football teams (1938-39) and was captain for both squads, was enshrined into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.
    A native of Campbell, Julius was described as a gutsy player with a hard-nosed style of play. As a veteran on the field of play, his contribution meant so much to the program that Coach Dwight Beede named him (along with Johnny Zban) the captain of Youngstown College's first gridiron team.

    Julius was born in October 1914 in Youngstown. He was a 1933 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School. He earned his bachelor's degree from YSU in 1941 in Education and later earned a Master's from Westminster. He was also inducted into the Campbell Memorial Athletics and the Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fames.

    Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Wasko Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Lucy Church in Campbell. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. at the Wasko Funeral Home.